Microwave coffee & walnut cake

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• Ellen

  14 February 2011

  Ellen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake on the same day I got the new magazine! It was quick and easy to make - you can always add more coffee for a stronger taste. The family all enjoyed it and I will definitely be making it again!

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• SarahD

  01 March 2011

  SarahD rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this without the walnuts but did make more topping and it was lovely. Made it in a round perspex bowl and it turned out fine (with no greasing) and I iced the top and you would hardly know it was microwaved!!

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• Weeble

  12 March 2011

  Weeble rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I wrote detailed feedback on this recipe but BBC site 'encountered an issue' and I lost it so here's the brief version: Icing- delicious. But double recipe amount. Cake- bland and dry. Saved by icing Overall easy to make and good to do with kids.

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• victoria-short

  03 April 2011

  victoria-short rated and commented on this recipe

  

  cake is a little dry but the frosting makes up for it. it is good but Im not sure why you need to make a cake in the microwave as the prepping part is the same amount of effort as a regular basic cake

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• The Farmers Wife

  05 April 2011

  The Farmers Wife rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I stupidly put the coffee in 'as is' without disolving in a bit of boiled water. This resulted in brown spots and an anemic looking cake. However if i disolved the coffee in water it would have coloured the cake better. Next time I will double the quantity of the cake mix. If I had time to bake it in the oven I would but this will be good for a quick fix. A good cake to make with kids.

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• Georgiaa:)

  16 April 2011

  Georgiaa:) commented on this recipe

  I Made this cake today, and it was so easy and everybody liked it. I loved the fact that it could go in the microwave!! :)

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• Mrsnoonoo

  28 April 2011

  Mrsnoonoo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  What a lovely surprise - really good and so quick and easy. I added a bit more coffee powder and dissolved a in little water. It's as good as the fastest lemon pudding which is also on this site.

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• everyday im eating cake

  18 June 2011

  everyday im eating cake commented on this recipe

  lovely cake and super fast!!! however i would put it in for longer than 4 minutes coz it wasn't cooked properly!! :-) well done xxxxxx

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• everyday im eating cake

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• Mrs Granger

  22 July 2011

  Mrs Granger commented on this recipe

  As mentioned by others the buttercream for this recipe really is yummy! I omitted the walnuts as im not a fan so just made a plain coffee cake. Im also intolerant to wheat so used a wheat free self raising flour, same quantity though. Turned out much better than I expected (anyone who's eaten wheat free cakes knows how hit or miss they can be!) Over all a recipe I will definately make again. Rose perfectly in the 4 minute cooking time too. Maybe it depends on how powerful your microwave is? Only problem I had was I made it in a round pyrex bowl so it was a b**ger to get out but some prodding round the edges with a skewer sorted that =)

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• Mrs Granger

  22 July 2011

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• Tara25

  26 October 2011

  Tara25 commented on this recipe

  I ran out of SR Flour so used Plain with baking powder. I used 3 tsp coffee in 3 tsp of hot water, after reading some of the comments about taste. I didnt do the topping as we had it as a Sponge. I made a quick Coffee sauce and we ate the lovely moist Sponge with Rum and Raison Ice Cream and lightly drizzled the Coffee sauce over both.

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• G of Shamley

  29 November 2011

  G of Shamley rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Decided to try this with my 2 year old daughter - she loved mixing. Thought I would try and make it as simple as possible with minimum utensils. Used a round ceramic bowl which worked well - I didn't transfer the mixture to another bowl. My microwave is 800W and I did 2 mins on 100%, 2 mins on 60% and needed a further 1 min at 60% power. We didn't dissolve the coffee first so ended up with a spotty cake which we thought was funny. Kept it in the same bowl and spread the butter cream on top - hadn't allowed cake to cool fully so was a bit difficult to spread without breaking the cake top. Cut a couple of pieces into little bowls immediately and enjoyed! Very good and very simple. It's a bit more like a pudding having it warm but so yummy!

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• mynameismonkey

  05 February 2012

  mynameismonkey commented on this recipe

  I made mine with a cinnamon icing - 1 tsp of ground cinnamon instead of the coffee in the frosting...delish! (But then I have a crazy amount of love or cinnamon!)

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Ingredients

• 85g very soft butter
• 85g golden caster sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 85g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp instant coffee powder
• small handful walnut pieces (optional)

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM

• 1 tsp instant coffee powder
• 1 tsp milk
• 25g very soft butter
• 100g icing sugar

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Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

• 85g very soft butter
• 85g golden caster sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 85g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp instant coffee powder
• small handful walnut pieces (optional)

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM

• 1 tsp instant coffee powder
• 1 tsp milk
• 25g very soft butter
• 100g icing sugar

PER SERVING

538 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 65g, fat 30 g, saturated fat 16g, fibre 1g, sugar 49g, salt 0.65 g

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